Carlos, Eldrew Yulo anchor PH to sixth in Asian Games team event - Rappler
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SQUAD. Carlos Yulo, Eldrew Yulo, Justine Ace de Leon, Juancho Miguel Besana, and Zachary Nunez of the Philippine men's artistic gymnastics team with their coaches in the 2026 Asian Games.
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MANILA, Philippines – Carlos Yulo anchored the Philippines to a sixth-place finish in the team all-around event of the men’s artistic gymnastics in the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, as he and his teammates got some practice in before the apparatus finals in the coming days.
The team, composed of Carlos, his younger brother Eldrew, Juancho Miguel Besana, Justine Ace de Leon, and Zachary Nunez, totaled 227.359 points across the six apparatuses in the eight-team final.
China topped the event for the third consecutive edition, registering 255.095 points to edge reigning Olympic champion Japan for the gold.
Despite being led by Olympic individual all-around gold medalists Daiki Hashimoto and Shinnosuke Oka, Japan settled for silver with 253.826 points.
Chinese Taipei finished a distant third with 239.896 points for the bronze, while Kazakhstan (237.596) and South Korea (236.359) placed fourth and fifth, respectively, ahead of the Philippines.
Set to compete in the floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars finals, Carlos showed medal-winning potential, with a gold also well within reach.
Carlos posted the highest mark in floor exercise with 14.266 points, netted the fourth-best score in vault with 14.566, and tied for the fifth-highest mark in parallel bars with 14.166.
Meanwhile, Eldrew recorded 13.966 points in vault, 13.166 in horizontal bar, 13.0 in floor exercise, 12.233 in rings, 11.933 in parallel bars, and 11.366 in pommel horse — the only one in the team to see action in all apparatuses.
In the team event, only three of the five gymnasts compete in each apparatus, with their scores combined to determine the total.
De Leon contributed 13.833 points in vault, 12.533 in rings, and 10.933 in floor exercise, Nunez added 12.333 in pommel horse and 12.066 in horizontal bar, while Besana chipped in 11.933 points in pommel horse, 11.733 in horizontal bar, and 10.0 in parallel bars as the Philippines came in ahead of Vietnam (214.428) and Singapore (200.928).
Aside from Carlos, Eldrew vies for a medal in floor exercise and horizontal bar, while Besana shoots for a podium finish in vault.
The floor exercise final is scheduled on Thursday, September 24, while the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bars finals are set on Friday, September 25. – Rappler.com